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Robert Bosch/VW Super Vee Championship Round

Minnesota State Fair, 23 Aug 1980

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Peter Kuhn Ralt RT5/80 [182] - VW 4
#89 Driftwood Racing 		125 1h 00m 45.33s
61.722 mph
2 Josele Garza Ralt RT5/80 [184] - VW 4
#11 Psachie Racing 		125
3 Dennis Firestone March 80V [5] - VW 4
#1 Wilbur Bunce Racing-Montgomery Ward Auto Club
 		125
4 Pete Halsmer Ralt RT1/79 [158] - VW 4
#14 Arciero Gibbs Racing 		124
5 John Kalagian March 80V [2] - VW Heidegger 4
#19 Kalagian Ardisana Racing 		122
6 Jan Slesinski March 773 - VW 4
#34 Kathleen Mason 		121
7 Steve Thomson Wheeler - VW 4
#65 		121
8 Patrick Bedard Ralt RT1/77 [70] - VW 4
#95 Essex Racing Service 		120
9 John Schiesser Lola T324 - VW 4
#98 		118
10 Ron Drew Lola T328 - VW 4
#70 		116
11 Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr Ralt RT5/80 [171] - VW 4
#5 Psachie Racing 		98
12 Dick Moody Ralt RT5/80 - VW 4
#23 Racing Realtors 		92
13 Roger Rager March - VW 4
#45 Joseph Palms 		92
14 Bob Cicconi March 80V - VW Bertils 4
#77 Bertils Racing Engines 		86
15 Dan Park Lola - VW 4
#48 WREP Industries 		74
16 Dave McMillan Ralt RT1/76 [36] - VW 4
#3 (see note 1) 		60 accident
17 Jerrill Rice March 783 [26] - VW Brabham 4
#38 		52
18 Billy Scyphers Ralt RT5/80 [173] - VW 4
#17 Ralt American 		37
19 Gary Pratt Protofab Riley - VW 4
#72 		36
20 Richard Tallon Pheasant - VW 4
#39 		36
21 Mike Martz Lola - VW 4
#57 		23
22 Ed Pimm Ralt RT1/78 [107] - VW Schrick 4
#55 Red Roof Inns 		2

All cars are 1.6-litre FSV unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Pete Halsmer (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/79 [158] - VW 4
2 Roger 'Kip' Penske Jr (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [171] - VW 4
3 Peter Kuhn (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [182] - VW 4
4 Dennis Firestone (FSV) 1.6-litre March 80V [5] - VW 4
5 Josele Garza (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [184] - VW 4
6 Bob Cicconi (FSV) 1.6-litre March 80V - VW Bertils 4
7 Dan Park (FSV) 1.6-litre Lola - VW 4
8 Dave McMillan (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/76 [36] - VW 4
9 Roger Rager (FSV) 1.6-litre March - VW 4
10 Dick Moody (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 - VW 4
11 Billy Scyphers (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT5/80 [173] - VW 4
12 Jerrill Rice (FSV) 1.6-litre March 783 [26] - VW Brabham 4
13 Ed Pimm (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/78 [107] - VW Schrick 4
14 John Kalagian (FSV) 1.6-litre March 80V [2] - VW Heidegger 4
15 Gary Pratt (FSV) 1.6-litre Protofab Riley - VW 4
16 Patrick Bedard (FSV) 1.6-litre Ralt RT1/77 [70] - VW 4
17 Mike Martz (FSV) 1.6-litre Lola - VW 4
18 Jan Slesinski (FSV) 1.6-litre March 773 - VW 4
19 Richard Tallon (FSV) 1.6-litre Pheasant - VW 4
20 Steve Thomson (FSV) 1.6-litre Wheeler - VW 4
21 John Schiesser (FSV) 1.6-litre Lola T324 - VW 4
22 Ron Drew (FSV) 1.6-litre Lola T328 - VW 4

Notes on the cars:

  1. Ralt RT1/76 [36] (Dave McMillan): To Cavanaugh Racing and run for Kevin Cogan in two late-season 1976 Canadian Formula Atlantic races. Sold to David McMillan and raced in the 1976/77 New Zealand Gold Star season, and in the January 1977 New Zealand International Formula Pacific series. Taken back to Canada for McMillan to race in two Canadian series races in 1977, then back to New Zealand for the 1977/78 Gold Star series and the January 1978 International series. Retained by McMillan for the 1978/79 and 1979/80 seasons, while also used in a handful of North American races in 1979 and 1980. Rebuilt as a Formula Super Vee for McMillan in 1980. McMillan moved to Ray Lipper’s Centreline Wheels team in 1981 and the old RT1 was raced by Lipper that season. CT

Sources

Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.

Despite its success, FSV attracted little coverage and establishing complete race results is proving difficult. The SCCA's Sports Car magazine, On Track and Racecar have proved the most useful sources for the US series. Information on the European series would be most welcome.

All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen (allen@oldracingcars.com) if you can help in any way with our research.

Individual sources for this event

Autosport 4 Sep 1980 p53.